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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through That Same Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Sally and Harriet doing in The Third Week of May 1820 when Sally tells Harriet that Jefferson wants to see her?
(a) Mending clothing.
(b) Peeling vegetables.
(c) Overseeing the bleaching of the sheets.
(d) Shelling peas.

2. When Harriet tells Jefferson about the snow in December 1819, what does Jefferson say he will do?
(a) Ask Burwell to shovel.
(b) Go for a walk with her.
(c) Buy her a new coat.
(d) Put it in his Farm Book.

3. What did Harriet want to ask God when she was a small child?
(a) Why she wasn't free.
(b) Why he made animals in so many shapes, sizes, and colors.
(c) Why her siblings had died.
(d) If there were there any black angels.

4. Who knocks Bankhead to the floor after he attacks Harriet?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Sally.
(d) Harriet.

5. What event could create a difficult future for Harriet, according to Randolph in April 1820?
(a) Sally's death.
(b) Jefferson's death.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) Accepting freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers Harriet in the secret room?

2. What does Sally remind Harriet to do when she sees Randolph in April 1820?

3. According to Randolph, what would it be like for Harriet to live as a free black woman?

4. Whom does Randolph say Harriet is just as white and educated as?

5. What kind of work does Harriet's fiance think he can arrange for her?

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